The Brilliance that will be By Catherine Viel

[Manuel Tavares]

The Brilliance that will be
By Catherine Viel
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-brilliance-that-will-be.html

Wise at last…
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered—no more
Burned a lot, but learned a lot…
~Rodgers and Hart, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered



The single word that best describes my state these days is “bemused.“

I wander through the hours in a state of mild incredulity. Sensible-looking adults are wearing masks outdoors, some of them double-masked, which draws a surreptitious double-take from me.

I go to routine healthcare appointments and am vaguely startled at the persistent social distancing and mask-wearing signs. They look like relics in the aftermath of a disaster.

I sailed through the front entrance at the clinic on my way to an eye appointment last week, waving gaily at the doorkeeper, cheerfully accepting and haphazardly donning the N95 mask she thrust at me. We were both laughing and I’m not sure why.

It might be that laughter, any kind of silliness, is the only sensible demeanor these days, these waning days of Covid hysteria...+
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-brilliance-that-will-be.html